Piper PA-17
N4802H is a Piper PA-17, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1948. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in East Troy, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 21, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 7, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-17 · all PA-17s and related versions
- Serial number
- 17-100
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1948
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- A5EB3F (octal 51365477)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 21, 2014
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · November 7, 1956
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00820165
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dawson Steven L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- W626 Beech Dr
East Troy, WI 53120-2416
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N4802H, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Dawson Steven L, an individual, certificate issued May 21, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 7, 1956, 8 years after the 1948 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17-100 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4802H according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N4802H: Accident on July 20, 2007 at Scribner, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 26, 1997 at N Little Rock, AR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-17 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A contributing factor was the gusting crosswind condition.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI07CA251 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-17 · operated under 091
loss of engine power due to failure of the crankshaft. A factor relating to the accident was: the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW97LA141 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data